By Christine T
SIBU, Nov 14: Sarawak’s approach to strengthening integrity and combating corruption has drawn international recognition, with Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg invited to Vienna, Austria, to share the State’s anti-corruption system with an organisation under the United Nations (UN).
He said the invitation followed praise from Drago Kos, Dean of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)—an organisation under the UN, who commended Sarawak’s integrated approach to strengthening integrity across government agencies.
“Their chief executive praised the system that we have in Sarawak. According to him, our system is integrated and has a very rigid structure, and they commended us for this,” he said in his speech at the University of Technology Sarawak’s (UTS) 11th Convocation Ceremony here today, which was livestreamed by Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS).
Abang Johari said Sarawak had strengthened its integrity framework by placing Certified Integrity Officers (CeIOs) in every agency under the Sarawak government.
“So much so that they have invited me to give a talk to them in Vienna, Austria, under the UN, on sharing the system that we have in Sarawak,” he said.
He expressed hope that UTS graduates would continue to strengthen and improve the State’s integrity framework to ensure its sustainability beyond his administration.
“I hope the graduates from UTS will continue and reinforce our system to a better system after me,” he said. – DayakDaily
